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Show DESERET NEWS, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 1975 ' vAA" HP.CK miLLER Dost art Cowboys shock Rams flL . to be for this game Who knows I still think they are the team to beat m the NFC They just whipped our rears, said Los Angeles coach Chuck Knox, They did nothing n the secondary to confuse our passing game They were just the better team particularly on defense In other opening day action, Pittsburgh blasted San Diego 37-Buffalo crushed the New York Jets Minnesota downed San Francisco Denver shaded Kansas City Washington smashed New Orleans 41-CincinDetroit tripped Green Bay nati dumped Cleveland 2447, St Louis Baltimore bombed edged Atlanta Chicago 35 7, the New York Giants stopped Philadelphia 23 14 and Houston beat New England 7 0 Oakland is at Miami tonight TD Terry Bradshaw threw a to oass to Fren Lewis and a John Stallworth and Roy Gerela added three field goals as Pittsburgh opened defense of its NFL title by routing San Diego O J Simpson ran for 173 yards to ' score two touchdowns and set up three more as Buffalo rolled over New York ' Simpson scored on runs of two and five yards and would have broken his own NF1 game rushing record of 250 yards if runs of 31 and 49 yards were not called back Joe Ferguson threw two TD passes for the Bills and Joe Namath had two for the Jets but was intercepted four times TD Fran Tarkenton threw a pass to Brent McClenahan and Chuck Foreman plunged a yard for another score in the final quarter to lead Minnesota pat San Francisco The Vikings led just 0 before breaking open the game with the two TDs. Norm Snead had a 22 yard.TD pass to Gene Washington for the 49ers TD pas Charley Johnsons to Billy Van Heusen with 1 49 left lifted Denver over Kansas City. Johnson earlier teamed with rookie Rick UpTD pass and threw church on jt to Jack Dolbin Mike a Livingston had two TD passes and Jan Stenerud kicked four field goals for the Chiefs Bill Kilmer completed passes for 199 yards and four touchdowns as Washington manhandled New Orleans Kilmer threw TD passes of 11 and five yards to Charley Taylor, 27 to Ralph Nelson and 14 to Jerry Smith Detroit blocked three punts, two by Levi Johnson, and turned them into touchdowns to defeat Green Bay. Johnson recovered one blocked punt in the end zone for a TD and Larry Ball raced 34 yards with another for a score John Brockmgton ran for two Packer TDs Ken Anderson threw a TD pass to Isaac Curtis and Robbie Clark and Lenvil Elliott ran for scores as Cincinnati held off Cleveland The Bengals got a big scare when the Browns came back from a 24-- 3 deficit with two TDs in the third period but held on to win field goal as Jim Bakkens time ran out lifted St. Louis over Atlanta Bakken earlier connected on kicks of 22 and 39 yards Quarterback Steve Bartkowskt, the No 1 pick in the college draft, ran a yard for one Falcon score and hit passes for 81 yards Bert Jones Capped a pair of short TD passes and Don McCauley ran for two more scores as Baltimore crushed Chicago Jones passed for 177 yards and ran for 41 more Bobby Douglass ran a yard for the Bears lone score. Ron Johnson scored twice from in close and Craig Morton threw a TD pass to Ray Rhodes to lift New York over Philadelphia Mike Boryla and Roman Gabrel each threw a TD pass for the Eagles, who blocked three Giant kicks L rated Press International Coach Tom Landry of the Dallas Cowboys certainly has a funny vocabulary To him, rebuilding means going out and knocking off a club with Super Bowl credentials Landrys Cowboys chd just that Sunday, engineering the biggest upset of the National Football League's openi ig day with an 7 triumph over the Los Angeles Rams Ail through the summer, Landry has been telling people this is a rebuilding year for the Cowboys After all, hadn't Cah:n Kill defected to the World Football League and hadn't Walt Garrison, his partner in the backfield, retired? Wasnt Bob Lilly, one of the greatest defensive linemen in NFL history,! retired, along with all pro sa i c t y uomcTl Green and center Dave Mandeia" And wasnt guartl John Niland traded away to make room for a rookie? The Cowboys showed just how much they hkve to rebuild by thrashing a Rm team that npped them 35-- m exhibition play just a few weeks ago Little Tom Fntsch kicked four field goals and Dallas looked like the doomsday defense of old, blanking one cf the most explosive offenses m the league until four minutes were left Mel Renfro had two interceptions and the front lme of Ed Jones, Jethro Pugh, Larry Cole and Harvey Martin held the Rams to just 67 yards until a drive produced Los final i Angeles only score 1 cant remember thp Cowboys ever playing a better game, said linebacker Lee Roy Jordan, a veteran "I think we were a great ball club out there. We played with enthusiasm. Thats what I like about this club Weve got a young club Ml of enthusiasm And that includes me because I think young Our defense was super, said Landry, We shut off their ball control game They just couldn't move the football. Apparently Los Angeles was not as high as they might have wanted 18-- 42-1- 4, 30-1- 23-2- 74-ya- Cleveland wide receiver Reggie Rucker (33) reaches for ball as Cincinnati cornerback Ken Riley deflects it in Sunday NFL tilt. UTSS CSO- - 30-1- much improved as the offense looked, especially in the running department, theres one big hitch with the Ute go bovs. too. In two games, tneyve bobbed the ball 10 lines and lost it six As The six bobbles and four losses against halted a couple of senous drives that could have scared the visiting Cougars right out of their skins But, as Ute coach Tom Lovat said post Were gaming. And were gaming with only five senior starters in action game d rd The Ute defense isnt likely to face a bigger offensive line or two more bullish runmng backs than WSUs Vem Chamberlain and Dan Doornmk Chamberlain gained 57 yards in 12 carries and Doomink picked up 125 in 23 rusnes Combined, they rambled 182 yards m 35 attempts which averages out at 5 2 yards a carry. Theres no doubt about it that offensive hne blew us out, commented Lovat Weve Sot to get the bail back lot the offeilse And WSU reserve quarterback John Hopkins wasnt exactly a sloppy passer. He hit 13 of 22 for 128 ytrds and one TD Our rush on the passer has been pretty pathetic in two games," Lovat said Weve got to come up with more pressure drive after the opening Utahs kickoff was a thing of beauty. Degnan mixed the attack to near perfection and caught tight end Fred Hobbs deserted in the end zone on a pa s gasser The Cougars came right back on a march to make it 7 A Peake fumble on the Ute 41 led to WSUs next score Moments later, WSU end Mark Husfloen, who proved his last week's tag as Pacific Eight defensive player of the week was no fluke, caused a Ute fumble in the end zone that resulted in two points for the Cougars Utah tried to equalize that first quarter 16-field deficit, but Mike Brown missed a drive ended with goal attempt and a another fumble. W State marched 80 yards cn the opening second half kickoff to make i. 23-- 7 Moments later, though, Degnan and Peake generated another fine dnve, 80 yards in 10 play s. WSU generated the clincher, a march to make it 4 and a Ute drive ended with second and six on the WSU nine when a late call which Lovat said post game he still didnt understand took the ball from Peake. 7 rd Safety WdLe Germany ran 12 yards with a fumble in toe first period for toe games on'y TD as Houston beat New England Heavy rain then kept both offenses bugged down the rest of the game d 30-1- Ufa tailback Steve Peake grabs a Pat Degnan pass in second quarter for The National NEW YORK (AP) bootball League, in a new contract ponder contract offer offer presented today to the NFL Players Union, would relax the controversial Rozelle Rule by guaranteeing that no player with at least four years service would be forced to change teams The offer also says that any player with at least four years experience who signs a contract of three or more years may become a free agent at the end of that contract without playing an option year. The offer presented today in Chicago to the leagues player representatives would run through the 1978 season and also would be retroactive to Feb. I, 1974. when the last contract expired, brace the expiration, the league has been beset by two player strikes because union and management have been unable to reach a new agreement The NFL Management Council and the players' union went rate immediate negotiations in Chicago. Federal mediator W J Usery shuttled between (he two groups for about 90 minutes, and then the players union emerged briefly to criticize management for making their offer public "The Management Councils deci-- t sion to release the document to the press at the same time that the NFLPA negotiating committee received it has made bargaining extremely difficult," said a statement read by the union We ask the players and the league to await word from the board of representatives in Chicago before taking any action. The union's executive committee will meet with player representatives this afternoon during - a break m negotiations which are aimed at resolvlabor dispute ing the Chief among the major roadblocks has been the Rozelle Rule, which says that once ? player becomes a free agent and signs with another team, his new team must compensate his old one with players or draft choices. Another relaxation proposed by toe NFL today is its rule which binds a player to one team. Under the proposal, any player with a minimum of seven year exnmence who is placed on waivers may immediately declare himself a free agent and begin negotiating with any team of his choice. The offer also would hold the players' union harmless against any liability racurred by court suits as a result of accepting the Rozelle Rule long-standi- I changes However it is known that the league would use the players acceptance of its proposal as an argument against any attempt to have the rule declared illegal. The league also offered to reduce from five years to four the amount of time a player must be m the league to qua'ify for a pension that runs from as low as $6,900 a year to as high $52,000 Among other offers made today by the league Increases of 35 to 50 percent in pension benefits and a guarantee that the league will make all contributions fsxlurwd, Ports Alt Kind See P AY EES -- A&- - mmn OliT vm'tiim EXCIKNS mm PS6M, to Northern Utah KAYES BROTHERS $ Wmliendiuf, Thursday. Biletnikoff an alumnus Another man the Seminoles talk about is Fred Biletnikoff, fine receiver for Ohaland Raiders It was back m 1966 that Fred made most team everyones Turned out to be a good selection hes been one of the top pro pass catchers for nearly a decade now for some Aggie boosters who came along to support their team m this game this was their first stop in Florida -- What did they want to see most? The men rented automobiles, took their ladies to the gulf cnast 50 miles south and to assorted other attractions What they wdl remember most were the large alligators they occasionally saw in the swamplands Alligators have been protected for the past few years and have become numerous Florida will have an open season on them this winter Cant keep anything shorter than six feet And in a four-fobathtub? FSU band charms fans Florida State s band does not march before a game But the hundred or so musicians offered" a charming program for 45 minutes before the game featuring the best of Fiddler On The Roof with a full band Quite pleasant it was Those schools without marching band uniforms might take a leaf from this book Listening to good music might beat just sitting around shelling peanuts A state highway patrolman who escorted the Aggies from the airport to the hotel had a harrowing experience not long ago, is glad to be around to escort football folk A couple of escaped convicts who had killed three people, by accident took the patrolman into custody drov e him 100 miles info the woods, chained him to a large pine tree Escapees leturned to their car for a gun to shoot him The patrolman crouched against the ground, escaped the flashlights. Forsaken m the desolate and humid forest he had one chance climb the tree, take the chains over the top, breaking large limbs as he went To this date he doesn't know where he got credits his years of playing the rtrength to go it football line positions lie get cut, struggled to toe highway and survived At someones request he told us the story. We were so enchanted w dh w hat he did we forgot to a$k his name But thats one story well remember' 824 Sewrat 825 Trrtwn They simply have to do something to extend their area of selection, said Arnold Palmer, the captain of the deeply talented American team non-playi- that ran up a triumph over the best from Great Britain and Irelard m tne matenes tnat ended Sunday at the 21-1- 1 Laurel Valley Golf Club suits from 99.50 in men's clothing 2-p- ant Ths s the widest select, on of suits in tfvs area We stock Cncketeer, Hamster & Calvin, the finesr wools, wool blends, polyester woven s & pop' Jar Swedsh kp ts. These suito are famous for ht and bng wearability (idod for missionaries) Prices start ct just 99.50 ,n ZCMI Mens Clothing nt 1 SOMETHING coming Sept. 25 SOUTH STATE Sait Lake City IXPC3T ttenr 3 5n purpose nroth fra! giidbs f'vw wolk seiitfK or adds beauty to V hour. mesocry Ones Highly wod-ab- i A doubt is coming 2?80 Va'v, - Minimum salam M veterans would be gradually increased to $21,000 m 1978 The current minimum is $16,000 Minimum salaries for rookies would be increased to $15,000 from bhckun BUICK OPEL JEEP Fltriogs, $9,000 for the ALL ' m Under the new proposal, a player with 10 years' experience could get a pension of $37,009 a year at age 65 instead of the previous $24,000, or a pension of $11,000 a vear at age 55 instead of the previous WATCH NEW another place Ther came the chain motel and the jet airplane , About the most you see m a football trip these days are security forces at the too airports, bus ndo to the nearest chain motel (Holiday Inn Ramada or some other) the same guest towels, bath soap, TV directory, the usual cloud formation at 42,003 feet. The most geography you see is swampland andor desert on approach to the local airstrips 1 his is what happened to the Utah State footbad aggregation and its accompanying hoosteis and press corps as we came here for the Saturday football fracas , Lonnie Burt, Florida State s sports information director, was first Tailahasseean to greet us and m the due course of time we asked Lonnie about the attractions at Tallahassee Well, we got two college campuses, the state capitei, the governors mansion, snakes and alligators and a raui&tunu which comes almost daily and which has added 70 inches to the years ramfotaL so far this year, Lonnie said Oh yes and we had Burt Reynolds as one of our I football play ers " Burts quite a Florida State fan. Once he played football for the Seminoles, but hurt his knee and ' never was able to reach the potential coaches believed he had The injury, they say, kept Burt front being a great one. He did stay long enough at Florida State to become a monumental alumm m SOW to tne pension ftert winch have not been made since the last contract expired ni.OOO Time was when you TALLAHASSEE. Florida went into a new town, like we did here at Tallahassee, you recognized a uniqueness about the place whicn 7 attracted you to it Lake a good old hotel, or an historic landmark or something about its geography As a writer you Liked to go to , w places because of the inti igue in aiscov ery the adventure of being America's LIGON1ER, Pa (AP) d resounding, triumph over the helnlessly, hopelessly outmanned British-Iris- h team has prompted renewed speculation that the Ryder Cup format may be changed to provide the British with some much-uoeue-d help ui the biennial golf matches. near-recor- NFL players Big rains and Buif Reynolds Yank victory may alter Ryder Cup format gain. 13-ya- rd j SPORTS EDITOR 13-1- but can't stop 'em By George Ferguson Sports managing editor There are a couple of silver linings on the offense side of Utahs cloudy football skies, but the storm clouds are gathering unless the Utes rushing defense can plug up some holes Thats the way things look this Monday for the Utes on heels of a 4 loss to Washington State before 19,622 fans in Rice Stadium, and, as they prepare to invade Big Ten territory Saturday' against Indiana The silver linings were personified by sophomore tailback Steve Peake who treated the partisans to one of the most exciting running performances in ages while gaming 110 yards in 23 attempts, and the continued glitter of quarterback Pat Degnan, who hit 17 of 23 passes for 195 yards and a touchdown. At one time, Degnan completed nine for nine and was going for Lee Grosscups 12 of 13 record But on the stormy side, the Ute defense has now allowed 478 infantry yards in two games and 118 mshmg attempts Thats an average of , more thn four yards per rush. And two foes have rushed an average of 59 times which is pretty fair clock control Until the Utes prove they can stop the run, its a safe bet Mure foes will be employing an infantry game plan if they have any running backs at all 37-3- 3, 27-1- 7, 0 is G f Business JJl If KETCHUMS a ivi |
